1994 World Rally Championship

The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Ford.

Calendar[edit]

In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974–76.

Round	Rally name	Surface	Dates
1	Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed (Tarmac – Snow)	22–27 January
2	Rallye de Portugal	Mixed (Gravel – Tarmac)	1–4 March
3	Safari Rally	Gravel	31 March–3 April
4	Tour de Corse	Tarmac	5–7 May
5	Acropolis Rally	Gravel	29–31 May
6	Rally Argentina	Gravel	30 June–2 July
7	Rally New Zealand	Gravel	29–31 July
8	Rally Finland	Gravel	26–28 August
9	Rallye Sanremo	Mixed (Tarmac – Gravel)	9–12 October
10	RAC Rally	Gravel	20–23 November
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Juha Kankkunen	All
				Didier Auriol	All
				Andrea Aghini	2, 4, 9
				Ian Duncan	3
				Yoshio Fujimoto	3, 5, 7, 10
				Marcus Grönholm	8
				Tomas Jansson	8
				Gilberto Pianezzola	9
				Piero Longhi	9
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	Carlos Sainz	1–2, 4–10
				Colin McRae	1–2, 4–10
				Peter 'Possum' Bourne	7
				Richard Burns	7, 10
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	Miki Biasion	1–2, 4–7, 9–10
				François Delecour	1–2, 8–10
				Bruno Thiry	1–2, 4, 6, 8–10
				Alex Fiorio	2
				Gianfranco Cunico	4
				Malcolm Wilson	5, 10
				Ari Vatanen	5–8, 10
				Raimund Baumschlager	5, 8
				Tommi Mäkinen	8
				Stig Blomqvist	10
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo I Lancer Evo II	M	Armin Schwarz	1, 5, 7, 9
				Kenneth Eriksson	1, 5, 7
				Kenjiro Shinozuka	3
				Tommi Mäkinen	9
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Williams	M	Jean Ragnotti	1, 4
				Alain Oreille	1, 4
				Serge Jordan	1, 4
				Philippe Bugalski	4
				Claude Balesi	4
				Renato Travaglia	9
				Diego Oldrati	9
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Favorit 136L	M	Pavel Sibera	1–2, 5, 8–10
				Vladimír Berger	1
				Emil Triner	2, 5, 8–10
Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru	Impreza WRX	P	Patrick Njiru	3
Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru	Impreza WRX	P	Richard Burns	3
Jolly Club	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	P	Gianfranco Cunico	9
Jolly Club	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	P	Malcolm Wilson	9
Source:^[3]

Standing[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.^[4]^[5]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
1	Didier Auriol	Ret	2	3	1	Ret	1	5	2	1	6	116
2	Carlos Sainz	3	4		2	1	2	Ret	3	2	Ret	99
3	Juha Kankkunen	2	1	Ret	4	3	Ret	2	9	7	2	93
4	Colin McRae	10	Ret		Ret	EX	Ret	1		5	1	49
5	Bruno Thiry	6	Ret		6		4		Ret	4	3	44
6	Miki Biasion	4	3		5	Ret	Ret	Ret		3	Ret	42
7	Armin Schwarz	7				2		3		Ret		31
8	François Delecour	1	Ret						4	Ret	EX	30
9	Ari Vatanen					5	3	Ret	Ret		5	28
10	Tommi Mäkinen		Ret						1	Ret	9	22
11	Ian Duncan			1								20
12	Kenneth Eriksson	5				Ret		4				18
13	Kenjiro Shinozuka			2								15
14	Andrea Aghini		Ret		3					Ret		12
15	Patrick Njiru			4								10
16	Alex Fiorio		Ret			4						10
17	Stig Blomqvist										4	10
18	Rudi Stohl			6			7					10
19	Fernando Peres		5									8
20	Richard Burns			5				Ret			Ret	8
21	Jorge Recalde		Ret		17		5	Ret	Ret	16		8
22	Marcus Grönholm								5			8
23	Malcolm Wilson					6				9	Ret	8
24	Yoshio Fujimoto			WD		7		7			Ret	8
25	José Carlos Macedo		6									6
26	Jorge Bescham						6					6
27	Joe McAndrew							6				6
28	Lasse Lampi								6			6
29	Gianfranco Cunico				Ret					6		6
30	Jesús Puras	9	8		12		Ret	Ret		17	15	5
31	Raphael Sperrer		7									4
32	Karim Hirji			7								4
33	Patrick Bernardini				7							4
34	Thomas Rådström								7			4
35	Gwyndaf Evans										7	4
36	Isolde Holderied	15	11		16		8		29	15	16	3
37	Jean Ragnotti	13			8							3
38	Pierre-Manuel Jenot	8										3
39	Sammy Aslam			8								3
40	Aris Vovos					8						3
41	Brian Stokes							8				3
42	Jarmo Kytölehto								8			3
43	Piero Longhi									8		3
44	Jan Habig										8	3
45	Emil Triner		12			9			19	18	22	2
46	Rui Madeira		9									2
47	Rob Hellier			9								2
48	Serge Jordan	Ret			9							2
49	Gabriel Raies						9					2
50	Ed Ordynski							9				2
51	Pavel Sibera	20	10			10			18	Ret	19	2
52	Grégoire De Mévius		Ret			Ret			14	Ret	10	1
53	Azar Anwar			10								1
54	Marco Massarotto				10							1
55	Gustavo Ramonda						10					1
56	Kiyoshi Inoue							10				1
57	Olli Harkki								10			1
58	Jorge Bica		Ret							10		1
Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
Sources:^[4]^[5]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' Championship[edit]

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points.^[1]^[4]

Overall position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Group position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
1	Toyota	2	1	1	1	(3)	1	2	2	1	(2)	151
2	Subaru	3	(4)	(4)	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	140
3	Ford	1	3		5	5	3	(Ret)	1	3	3	116
NC	Mitsubishi	5				2		3		Ret		41
Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
Sources:^[1]^[4]

Group N Cup[edit]

Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
1	Jesús Puras	2	1		1		Ret	Ret		3	3	50
2	Isolde Holderied	4	3		4		3		9	1	4	42
3	Jorge Recalde		Ret		5		1	Ret	Ret	2		27
4	Pierre-Manuel Jenot	1										13
	Patrick Njiru			1								13
	Carlos Menem jr.		Ret		Ret	1	Ret					13
	Ed Ordynski							1				13
	Jarmo Kytölehto								1			13
	Jonny Milner										1	13
	Masao Kamioka							6			2	13
11	Rui Madeira		2									10
	Richard Burns			2								10
	Gabriel Padovani				2							10
	"Maverick"					2						10
	Jorge Bescham						2					10
	Kiyoshi Inoue							2				10
	Olli Harkki								2			10
	Stefan Reininger		8	4	Ret		5				Ret	10
19	Franck Phillips	3										7
	Mark Tilbury			3								7
	Guy Fiori				3							7
	Manolis Panagiotopoulos					3						7
	Reece Jones							3				7
	Harri Rovanperä								3			7
	Eddie Mercier	5			6							7
Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
Sources:^[4]^[5]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Results[edit]

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (22–27 January) – Results and report	1	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:12:20	22	588.43 km	186	94
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:13:25
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:14:07

2	Rallye de Portugal (1–4 March) – Results and report	1	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:20:59	36	571,82 km	89	34
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:21:39
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:21:49

3	Safari Rally (31 March–3 April) – Results and report	1	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	20:49	¿?	2,393.10 km	43	14
		2	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	21:14
		3	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	21:59

4	Tour de Corse (5–7 May) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:57:46	23	545,48 km	84	43
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:58:47
		3	Andrea Aghini	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:59:57

5	Acropolis Rally (29–31 May) – Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:36:38	33	503,53 km	88	36
		2	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	6:40:39
		3	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:42:31

6	Rally Argentina (30 June–2 July) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:50:42	29	563,90 km	90	25
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:50:48
		3	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:22

7	Rally New Zealand (29–31 July) – Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:39:56	30	502,70 km	78	46
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:42:10
		3	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:45:27

8	1000 Lakes Rally (26–28 August) – Results and report	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4:33:44	35	522,76 km	85	41
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4:34:06
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	4:34:48

9	Rallye Sanremo (09–12 October) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:56:40	26	516,63 km	92	40
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:57:01
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:27

10	RAC Rally (20–23 November) – Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:17:25	29	520,66 km	178	97
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	5:20:58
		3	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:27:37
Sources:^[1]^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WRC 1994". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "1994 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1994". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Season 1994 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1994". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "Season 1994 – Season statistics – Event statistics". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

External links[edit]

FIA World Rally Championship 1994 at ewrc-results.com

[WRC1994-1] "WRC 1994". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[2] "1994 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[3] "FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1994". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[1994Juwra-4] "Season 1994 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[1994Standings-5] "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1994". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[6] "Season 1994 – Season statistics – Event statistics". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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